vespiary
English
noun
Definitions
- A nest built by a social wasp species.
- A colony of wasps living in such a nest.
Etymology
Derived from Latin vespa (wasp).
Origin
Latin
vespa
Gloss
wasp
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- *vespis Latin
- vespa Latin
- vespārium Latin
- vespa Italian
- *wobʰseh₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *wapsō Proto-Germanic
- guespe Old French
- vespe Old French
- wespe Old French
- avespa Galician
- viespe Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vespa Old Portuguese
- wespa Old Saxon
- *wospā Proto-Italic
- aviespa Asturian
- gjespe Friulian
- *wespa Frankish
- vespa Old Occitan
- biespa Old Spanish
- vespa Sicilian
- gueîpe Bourguignon
- vépre Franc-Comtois